Moderation Questions and General Chat Thread
The last iteration of the moderation discussion thread was a complete disaster. Numerous attempts to keep it on topic failed, and it became a general discussion thread with almost no moderation related posts at all. And those that were posted were so buried in non-mod posts that it became a huge time drain on the mods to sort through them. Then, when off topic posts were deleted posters complained about that.
This led to the closing of the mod discussion thread, replaced by the post report/pm approach. This has filtered out lots of noise, but has resulted at times in the General Discussion Thread turning into a quasi-mod thread. This is not desirable, but going back to the old mod thread is also not a workable option.
Therefore, I have created this new moderation thread, but with a different purpose and ground rules than previous mod threads. The purpose of this thread is to provide a place for posters to pose questions to the mods about how policies are applied; to bring to the mods attention posts they think are inappropriate and reach the level of requiring mod action; and for mods to communicate to posters things like changes or clarifications to policies, bannings, etc.
Now let me tell you what this thread is NOT a place for. It is not for nonmoderation related posts, even if the discussion originates from a comment in in a mod related post. It is not for posters to post their opinions about other posters or whether a poster should be banned. It is not to rehash past grievances about mod decisions from months or years ago. The focus of this thread will be recent posts that require action now. Or questions about current policies and enforcement.
So basically, this is a thread to ask mods questions. Which means, pretty much that only mods should be answering those questions. If a poster asks why a particular post was deleted or allowed, only a mod can answer that. Everyone else who wants to jump in with their opinion or their mod war story needs to stay out of it. It just increases the noise to signal ratio and does nothing to answer the question.
Everyone needs to understand that this thread has very different rules than the old mod thread and any other thread. Any non-moderation post will be deleted on sight. Not moved to the appropriate thread, just deleted. So don't waste your time crafting a masterpiece post about wars or transgender issues or the presidential election and then post it in this thread. It will be gone. Also, this isnt a thread for general commentary about our mods performance. Posting "browser sucks as a mod" or any such posts that don't actually ask about a policy or request a mod action will be deleted. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the moderation of this forum. But this thread isnt for complaining about mods. You are free to go to the ATF forum and make your concerns about modding in this forum there.
So with that intro, this thread is open for those who need to bring questions about mod policies or bring inappropriate posts to the mods attention. Again, it is NOT a thread for group discussions about other posters or for other posters to answer questions directed to mods.
We'll see how this goes. If you have what you feel is an open issue raised in the General Discussion Thread, please copy that post or otherwise reintroduce the issue here.
Thanks.
It was juvenille enough for even your great intellect to understand
oh no. Please no. Dont say that.
Who carries a vibrator in their glove co...
maybe not THE thread in question but A thread about DS and BH.
Who carries a vibrator in their glove co...
maybe not THE thread in question but A thread about DS and BH.
No, it's not that one. The thread in question is <5 years old so too recent for the archive. Generally, the topic seems to get brought up every year or two in some way, shape or form. The thread did not start off about DS/Brandi, but turned into that at some point. Have a look in NVG. Or maybe Trolly is right and it was quietly deleted.
Here you go, contents of the email are in this post.
damn.
also:
So you see that it is
probably not neccessary for me to do anythig illegal to make sure you get what you deserve.
HOWEVER it is important to understand that you might be in such jeapardy without my knowledge.
For instance you know I have young friends, who have friends, who have friends who do nasty things at the blink of an eye.
Drive by shootings etc. To do something like throw some paint on a good dress would be nothing to them.
If I ever told my friends that your obsession with your looks means that you would be appalled
if that happened to you once, let alone a dozen times, they might do that behind my back just to please me.
Asking nothing in return They might even think I'd like it better if it was acid rather than paint
since that would mean people would say "guess you can't talk about Sue now".
I would never want them to to do that but you never know about those guys.
damn.
well, that certainly clears up the disdain you have for him.
Yeah, I had actually forgot about the drive by and acid attack stuff. Sweet guy, huh?
oh man, what a rabbit hole.
Just a few things, some of which I've said before.
1. I didn't know she was a runaway.
2. If I had known she was a runaway or that she was 16 I would have sent her on her way. At least at first.
3. We lived together eight months and we were planning to stay together indefinitiely. At least I was. I was in the process of buying a 4500 square foot house for her, our cat, and our snake.
4. Although I believe I can say that every female I ever had a relationship with, including the young ones, does not regret it to this day (including that stripper who started this subject in the first place and recontacted me a few days ago [and might start her own thread]), I would not have thought that this would extend to 16 year olds. In other words I would predict that a sixteen year old girl would regret having a relationship with a 50 something year old guy. Even me. Wonderful as I am. The fact that Saura seems to be an exception is just dumb luck. I was always worried that I harmed her and only now believe I probably didn't. In spite of the fact that everyone including her mother, my mother, her probation officer, my son, her sister, the cops etc. etc. thought we should remain together. (I have written proof of that by the way.)
5. As far as the contention that I should have known her age, you have got to believe me that 98% of the time there was not the slightest hint. In fact there were some who told me that they had seen her before in Vegas. They were confusing her with a 24 year old. The people who were fooled did not see her only occasionally in social settings. My parents spent weeks with her. Ditto Mat and Mason. Same with two 19 year old girls who never doubted that she was older than her. She was never carded anywhere.(As for Phil's 153 comment that this shows I can't guess IQs I say why? It has nothing to do with predicting which questions someone could correctly answer.)
Of course none of this shows that Vince Lepore wouldn't have been suspicious. He's sure that he is more astute than all of us. And if he had met her he would have warned me. Which I'm sure he would have. So how do I prove to him that even he would have been fooled. No way is there. Oh wait a minute! More dumb luck. I actually CAN prove to him that he would have. Because he WAS. The big oaf met her at least two or three times during the many times she accompanied me to the Bellagio. Sheesh.
Yeah, a lot to see there if you haven't read those threads before. That chick did an AMA somewhere in the archive as well.
Guys,
Can we please not turn this thread into a discussion of Sklansky's personal history? There has been plenty of discussion of that topic in other forums and I don't think we need to repeat it again here.
Regardless of what anyone thinks about Sklansky's behavior, there were other people involved, and I don't think those other people deserve to have their personal business discussed endlessly on 2+2.
Actually I kinda think Dave's creep behavior does deserve to be talked about more, but I suppose this isn't the optimal venue.
....and it's an old story
I cant imagine an old mans sexcapade would be of any interest to anyone other than PW here
I cant imagine an old mans sexcapade would be of any interest to anyone other than PW here
I dont participate in these discussion at all, despite the fact I probably know more about DS sexcapades than anyone here (or at least I did, I am sure I forgot most of it).
As D2_E4 can attest, I was once a member on another poker forum (which was uncensored and whose ownership was antagonistic towards Sklansky/Malmuth) that dug through all the salacious details unmercifully; and I would rebut if you were following the saga in real time and not thoroughly entertained you were dead inside.
FWIW, I am not going to provide any details on the subject. I believe in letting the past be the past and moving on. But I assure you in the moment it was top notch entertainment.
Fun tidbit, the reason I know Kel was a member of that board is I recognised his posting style, more specifically non stop complaining about what stories mass media chooses to cover regardless of thread topic, and constant references to "elites".
Look at how this is bringing everyone together. How nice.
